It takes an interesting type of young woman to spend her free time beating people up while wearing roller skates. I discovered this recently when I met up with the girls of Gotham Girls Roller Derby, New York City’s only all female roller derby league, to collect six-word memoirs on the derby life. While these athletes come from all walks of life and all seem to have stumbled into the bizarre subculture that is the world of roller derby, they are united by their intense, almost unhealthy obsession with the sport. The results were amazing and I had a tough time cutting the list down to be short enough to post here.